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RE: Valpo News
By valpo95, 3 weeks ago |
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| @vuindiana , the important thing is to separate out the endowment issue from the enrollment issue. I was reacting to the point that the stock market declines would have "a devastating impact on unive... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By VUIndiana, 3 weeks ago |
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| Huh, I appreciate the optimism but I don't get the point of saying this. For about 5 years now, people keep saying, 'oh, well if we just get 10 or 20 or a 100 more students, then it will help the budg... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By valpo95, 3 weeks ago |
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| @realist77, I don't have the policy front of me, yet VU does use a smoothing factor to help avoid the volatility you mention. I was more trying to illustrate the possible impact rather than say this i... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By Realist77, 3 weeks ago |
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| I think they PROBABLY use a typical university formula to calculate their spending based. If so, they base spending on a trailing 3-4 year market average. That avoids the rollercoaster effect on the b... | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By whvalpo, 3 weeks ago
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RE: Valpo News
By VUIndiana, 3 weeks ago |
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| Yeah, I expect a lot of precarious schools to go under. It was dicey for many institutions before, but Trump has been pretty clear he's actively trying to destroy higher ed as it exists, and he's bein... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By valpo95, 3 weeks ago |
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| Regarding the endowment, this is good information yet we should not over-react. Valpo (like many universities) has a stated policy to allocate 4% of the endowment each year. As I recall, their endowme... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By vu84v2, 3 weeks ago |
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| A fair assumption is that 40-50% of a university's endowment is in equities. | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By valpotx, 3 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| You have the opposite experience that I've had. I run into a lot of folks in Texas that know our school, solely because of basketball. As a matter of fact, they still think that we are good at the s... | ||
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RE: Valpo News
By David81, 3 weeks ago |
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| Folks, this isn't news yet, but it will be...at VU and countless other universities. Absent a sudden and complete recovery, the performance of the stock market is going to have a devastating impact on... | ||
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RE: Realistic NIL Options for Valpo Basketball -- Hear me out
By David81, 3 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| I've been on the East Coast since 1982 (NYC for 12 years, Boston since then). Even with the Sweet Sixteen boost and the continued airing of The Shot every March Madness, VU is not well-known. In fact,... | ||
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RE: Enrollment
By RegionRat03, 3 weeks ago |
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| Dr. Gundersen wrote a letter of recommendation for me a few years back. I had her for 2 economics courses. If she is as good at helping with the search as she is as a professor, then we are in good ha... | ||
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RE: Softball
By RegionRat03, 3 weeks ago
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General Athletics
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| Seems like Valpo softball is pretty legit this year. They already have the most wins they’ve had since 2018… nice seeing some Valpo teams in the win column quite a bit. Oddly enough they are doing thi... | ||
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RE: Spring Practice
By RegionRat03, 3 weeks ago
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Valpo Football
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| I’m not entirely sure if a spring roster will be announced until the actual spring game? I think I heard that high FBS level schools are shying away from spring games because it leads to players reali... | ||
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RE: Returning Players For 25-26 Season
By RegionRat03, 3 weeks ago
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Valpo Basketball
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| Opting into rev share does not mean that they have to spend an arm and a leg on it. If the MVC did opt into rev sharing then I would hope that Valpo would offer some new ideas to get additional fan su... | ||
